LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Seven players from the Eritrean football squad that scored a historic victory in Eswatini last week have failed to return home, a source close to the team has told the BBC. While some of their teammates flew back from Eswatini’s neighbour, South Africa, the seven are said to have absconded. There have…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Nigerian government has expelled controversial American missionary Alex Barbir from the country, accusing him of making statements capable of inciting violence and deepening divisions, particularly in Plateau State. Barbir, a former American college football player turned humanitarian, gained attention for his work in Nigeria’s North-Central region, including rebuilding homes, drilling…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles stars Akor Adams and Chidera Ejuke were caught in a frightening confrontation when around 50 masked Sevilla fans blocked the club’s training ground entrance to abuse players after Sunday’s 1-0 defeat to relegation-bound Real Oviedo. Sevilla’s dressing room crisis boiled over on Sunday evening after the club suffered a damaging…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Justice Binta Fatima Nyako of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has sentenced a major food supplier to the Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State, Hamatu Modu to 40 years imprisonment for his involvement in terrorism activities. Modu, who confessed in the open court to supplying food items and information to terrorists,…
LAGOS APRIL 8TH (NEWSRANGERS)- Cameroon said on Monday that Russia has confirmed the deaths of 16 soldiers in Ukraine, according to a memo addressed to the Russian Embassy in the central African country. In the memo addressed to the embassy, the country’s foreign affairs ministry acknowledged the death of 16 Cameroonian soldiers serving in…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Arise TV presenter and journalist, Oseni Rufai, became visibly emotional while speaking about the late Brigadier General Musa Uba, the Nigerian Army commander who was killed by terrorists during an ambush in Borno State in November 2025. During the broadcast, Rufai recalled the tragic circumstances surrounding the senior officer’s final moments,…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Maverick singer, Seun Kuti has claimed that his father, the late Afrobeat pioneer, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, didn’t restrict his wives from having affairs with other men. He further claimed that this was one of Fela’s greatest mistake, alleging that some of the women eventually contacted HIV from their other partners and transferred…
LAGOS APRIL 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Media Office of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) Presidential frontrunner, Peter Obi, has alleged a plot to prevent him from contesting the 2027 presidential election, describing it as a threat to Nigeria’s democracy. In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Ibrahim Umar, the Peter Obi Media Office accused President Bola…